Commuting in Tazewell County, Virginia: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Tazewell County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Tazewell County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 171 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% less time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.
Tazewell County holds about 0.5% of Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Tazewell County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,119 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Tazewell County
20.5 min
41.0 min
171 hrs/yr
$5,299
844
Virginia
23.2 min
46.3 min
193 hrs/yr
$5,986
1,531
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
20.5
minutes to get to work in
Tazewell County.
That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 74% of counties in Virginia
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Tazewell County
Car:
89.3%
Worked at Home:
7.0%
Other:
2.6%
Walked:
1.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Tazewell County, versus 0.1% in Virginia.
Public transit is unusually rare in Tazewell County: 163.4 times less than the Virginia average (0.0% vs 2.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Tazewell County, versus 0.2% in Virginia.
Biking is essentially absent in Tazewell County, versus 0.3% in Virginia.
Commute Mode Trends in Tazewell County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Tazewell County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
95.1%
1.5%
0.7%
2.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
95.4%
1.7%
0.5%
1.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
95.7%
1.6%
0.6%
1.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
95.6%
2.2%
0.3%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
95.6%
2.2%
0.4%
1.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
94.7%
3.2%
0.3%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
94.7%
3.1%
0.5%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
93.9%
4.2%
0.6%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
94.4%
3.7%
0.7%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
94.2%
4.2%
0.5%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
94.7%
3.6%
0.7%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
95.5%
3.1%
0.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
95.6%
3.0%
0.6%
0.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
93.2%
4.4%
0.9%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.1%
5.8%
1.8%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.3%
7.0%
2.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 95.7%. Overall it fell from 95.1% in 2009 to 89.3% in 2024, down 5.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Tazewell County: its share of workers rose from 1.5% in 2009 to 7.0% in 2024, up 5.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 1.1% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Tazewell County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Tazewell County?
The bars show when commuters in Tazewell County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Virginia for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMTazewell County5.3%Virginia5.0%
5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMTazewell County4.6%Virginia4.0%
4.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMTazewell County5.9%Virginia5.0%
5.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMTazewell County9.3%Virginia8.7%
9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMTazewell County8.8%Virginia9.2%
8.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMTazewell County14.7%Virginia14.2%
14.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMTazewell County14.7%Virginia12.1%
14.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMTazewell County10.8%Virginia12.1%
10.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMTazewell County7.1%Virginia6.4%
7.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMTazewell County4.1%Virginia7.2%
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMTazewell County2.3%Virginia3.0%
2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMTazewell County1.6%Virginia1.4%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMTazewell County5.5%Virginia6.0%
5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMTazewell County5.3%Virginia5.7%
5.3%
Tazewell CountyVirginiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Tazewell County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 15.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Virginia's: 48.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.8%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Tazewell County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Tazewell County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Tazewell County next to Virginia and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Tazewell County
Virginia
United States
2009
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:33 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Tazewell County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:42 AM). That goes against the trend across Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Tazewell County now leave 5 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Tazewell County has moved 8 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Tazewell County in the whole series.
How does Tazewell County's commute time compare?
Metric
Tazewell County
Virginia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.5 min
23.2 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.0%
18.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
2.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
2.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Tazewell County is 20.5 minutes, shorter than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.
Tazewell County, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Tazewell County, VA is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 39,616 residents against a local median of 19,415. Tazewell County, VA's one-way commute, at 20.5 min, runs 22% below the 26.4 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 13.1 min on one-way commute, so Tazewell County, VA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Tazewell County, VA has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Tazewell County, Virginia.
Is commuting expensive in Tazewell County, Virginia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 171 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,299 at a typical national wage. That's 11% less than the typical Virginia commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Tazewell County, Virginia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Tazewell County, Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Tazewell County, Virginia?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 2.3% in Virginia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in Virginia have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Virginia, the shortest average commutes are in Lexington city (10.6 min), Covington city (12.2 min), Norton city (13.1 min). The longest are in Amelia County (43.7 min), Craig County (41.3 min), Buckingham County (41.3 min).